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The Beautiful Rhodope in Love with Aesop

Artist and publisher Pierre François Legrand French
After Angelica Kauffmann Swiss
ca. 1783
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Beautiful Rhodope in Love with Aesop
  • Artist and publisher: Pierre François Legrand (French, 1743–1824)
  • Artist: After Angelica Kauffmann (Swiss, Chur 1741–1807 Rome)
  • Date: ca. 1783
  • Medium: Stipple engraving, printed in color
  • Dimensions: Plate (trimmed at top and bottom): 12 1/8 × 13 3/8 in. (30.8 × 34 cm)
    Sheet: 12 1/8 × 14 3/16 in. (30.8 × 36 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1971
  • Object Number: 1971.564.261
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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